Is it legal for owners to stop water and electricity and not pay property fees?

It is illegal for the owner to take measures such as stopping water and electricity when the owner does not pay the property fee.

Water supply and power failure is an important contractual right of water supply and power supply companies. Within the property management area, water supply, power supply, gas supply, heating, communication, cable TV and other units shall charge relevant fees to the end users. The parties to a hydropower contract are the supplier and the actual owner. When the owner fails to pay the property fee, he can only urge to pay it through legal means, and has no right to stop water and power.

According to the third paragraph of Article 944 of the General Principles of Civil Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), property service providers are not allowed to demand payment of property fees by stopping power supply, water supply, heat supply and gas supply.

According to the second paragraph of Article 944 of the General Principles of Civil Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), if the owner fails to pay the property fee within the time limit in violation of the agreement, the property service provider may urge him to pay it within a reasonable time limit; If the payment is not made within a reasonable period, the property service provider may bring a lawsuit or apply for arbitration. ?

According to the "Regulations on Property Management in People's Republic of China (PRC)", if the owners fail to pay the property service fee within the time limit, the owners' committee shall urge them to pay it within a time limit. If it fails to pay within the time limit, the realty service enterprise may bring a lawsuit to the people's court.